A search for the happiness center in the brain is unlikely to be successful because ____
a. brain areas associated with particular emotions vary considerably
b. happiness is only an epiphenomenon
c. fear activates brain areas identical to those of happiness
d. no one has been able to define happiness
a
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a. The kinds of thinking children show during Piaget's sensorimotor period b. The kinds of thinking children show during Piaget's preoperational period c. Easy, automatic tasks such as recognizing faces d. Difficult questions that require careful attention
Structural and functional neuroimaging are _____ techniques that have contributed to our knowledge about age-related brain changes
a. noninvasive b. surgical c. radioactive d. cognitive assessment
Long before Kaita Castro was born, she was able to soothe herself in utero by sucking on her thumb. Once Kaita was born, she utilized the sucking reflex along with the ___________ reflex to nurse
a. turning c. walking b. swallowing d. swimming
Ninety-year-old Mrs. Gonzalez is no longer able to manage tasks such as bathing or using the toilet by herself. A gerontologist most likely would determine that Mrs. Gonzalez needs help with which of the following?
A) Only her activities of daily living B) Only her instrumental activities of daily living C) Both her activities of daily living and her instrumental activities of daily living D) Her independence skills